Variations on the BLT

The BLT is a trusted, stalwart king in the vast land of sandwiches. I'm not so keen on variations if only b/c they're not BLTs but something else.

G.A.S.H
Gruyere Avocado Sliced Ham

A.S.S.C.R.A.C.K
Avocado Sliced Sausage Capers Radish Avocado Cheese Kettlechips

Bread Iceberg lettuce Greengiant sweetcorn Mayonnaise Egg (boiled/sliced) Ascolano olives Tuna

Ah! A fellow follower of the genius that is Gold.

Salmon Egg Mayo Eggplant Nori

PLT -- Pastrami w/ Lettuce & Tomato on Rye. Presumably w/ mustard instead of mayo. The great food writer Jonathan Gold recently raved about a place in Brooklyn that makes these but I haven't tried one. Yet.

-- lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, October 10, 2004 5:21 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link

can we get a follow up on this?

I have been eating a lot of BLTs lately because they are cheap and delicious and the dudes at the deli always hook it up with mad bacon.

Do not forget the short-lived McDLT. Was this not the sandwich of legend wherein the "hot stays hot and the cool stays cool?"

-- Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, October 10, 2004 5:53 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link

what is this? mcdonalds chicken blt was my sandwich of choice there for about a 2 week period but im back on the quarter-pounder wagon now (their chicken blts blow ass in every way btw)

dude, you're 22, you should have stopped eating mcdonalds by now.

I get Avocado Tomato Cheddar and Bacon a lot.

yumm

this girl at the diner ordered BLT on soft wheat bread, and she ordered the bacon NOT crispy

that's like, the opposite of everything i want in a BLT

dude, you're 22, you should have stopped eating mcdonalds by now

man what a hardass

fuck crispy bacon - the most overrated thing ever. tastes like scabby burnt rubber. gimme soft, chewy, thick bacon any day.

the blt is my second favorite sandwich ever

the only variation i fuck w/ is putting avocado on

soft chewy bacon is gross cuz you can taste all the little fat deposits and chew them and that is not good

avocado blt

blat if u will

hey max don't leave us hanging - what is #1

If I'm going to eat fried fatty pig meat on purpose, hell yes I want to taste it. Grozart otm.

a BABE sandwich amirite slocks

j/k obviously italian

grilled cheese is number three

grilled cheese with tomato and bacon i hear is good

club sandwich has gotta be top 5

omg good call

that's like my diner staple

club over blt no question

lamp--no. 4, followed by chipwich at no 5

clubs are overrated imo, they're too big and unwieldly

Crispy/streaky bacon and avocado is good, but the BLT must be made from back bacon.

BLTs are too cheap to make to ever order out.

One schef's unwieldy sammich is one suzy's value for money on toast.

Avocado and bacon: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

BLTs are too cheap to make to ever order out.

i kind of disagree with this--like i wouldnt order a blt at most places but these are the kinds of sandwiches hippie-organic-whatever cafes are made for where theyve genuinely got the best tomatoes & lettuce and moreover 1) house-cured bacon 2) homemade bread 3) house-made mayo

smoked turkey is a good sndwch meat imo. like a week or so ago a girl in my office gave me three avocados so i was making smoked turkey + avocado + dijion mustard sndwchs for lunch everyday they were really good

ya smoked turkey is the bomb.com

that has the ring of truth

re: the unwieldiness of the club: you have to do a bit of a smush before you eat. and over the years, i'v come to understand how to approach the sammich from just the right angles.

blt at a diner is classic

if the club is too big for ur mouth thats ur mouths fault not the clubs

i order grilled cheeses out on the town too, they're even cheaper to make

pretty much anything you can order at a diner is cheap to make at home.. pretty much everything in any restaurant is cheap to make at home!

WHERE DOES IT END

i order grilled cheeses out on the town too, they're even cheaper to make

― s1ocki, Monday, March 9, 2009 11:18 AM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

and that my friend, is why you are a bon vivant

dudes i just think 3 pieces of breads is too many breads

they had a bomb grilled cheese at a bar near my old apartment w bacon + tomato.

clubs are overrated imo, they're too big and unwieldly

they are unwieldly but ive got a big mouth and suzys right they seem better value than a BLT? also like i would never make one for myself and its pretty hard to fuck up so i order it at the hippy/organic places a la max

i dont fuck with tomatoes in my grillers.

it might be nice to grill the cheese and bacon, and then just put the tomato on after

BLAP = Bacon, lettuce, Avacado, ?

provolone?

i don't understand the better value thing

a) slocki otm, literally every single item you can purchase in any restaurant would be cheaper for you to learn to make yourself, at home -- i am not going out to eat for the value savings
b) ppl say this to me all the time, "it's a better value to order this huge thing you aren't going to finish" -- that doesn't float for me cos i'm not going to be able to finish it, you guys must just be a lot hungrier than i mam basically

sometimes i think some of my friends just do not eat unless they are at a diner or a mcdonald's or something, so they have to bulk it up

i dont like hot tomatoes

i used to enjoy a BLECT (bacon, lettuce, egg, cheese, tomato) sometimes.

i don't like provolone (lol 30 calories etc), but i don't eat a lot of cheese. What p-food can go on a blap?

hmm good q

prosciutto would conflict with the bacon

really good toast with thick slices of tomato and black pepper is a good breakfast imo

schef its not a nominal thing its obv relative and its not really about $$$ but like - is this something i would make at home? its a pretty dumb rationale i guess but i enjoy something that i wouldnt make myself more than something i would

pear

...

pepper!

ya

like, bell pepper

roasted or

once i ordered a turkey wrap with salt and pepper, and the guy piled green peppers on there!

what a guy

i know

peppers OTM. maybe like some jalepenos

i'm still putting tomato on that shit, but calling it a BLAP instead of a BLATP

OH HAI my first job was making all of these things in a soda fountain.

What I mean by value for money: will I pay £5 for a plate of Indian food or spend £15 on lamb, spice, veg, yoghurt and other perishables to make a version of that same dish?

The huge thing I don't finish tends to come home in a box and feed me again within 24 hours. I love a grilled cheese from a diner even though mine are incredible but BLT has never made me that happy ordered out.

P = you can cheat and have POMODORO.

tbh making vs. ordering a blt for me is less abt $$ and more abt i can make a better BLT

at auntie ems in los angeles they do a BLAST which is blt + avocado & sprouts on rosemary ciabatta--its pretty good but imo their best sandwich is the B-BLASTO which they have infrequently but is a BLAST with carmelized onions and bleu cheese, one of the all time great sandwiches i think, btw, auntie ems is exactly the kind of hippy-organic type restaurant im thinking of that i would order tons of blts from

i'm still putting tomato on that shit, but calling it a BLAP instead of a BLATP

― ⓔⓥⓞⓞ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, March 9, 2009 3:29 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

call it a T-BLAP

haha that was an xpost with B-BLASTO

btw i will be happy if i never have to eat sprouts on a sandwich again

i wish this thread was called the blt variations

what's your problem

is that the only condition for happiness slocki

it's not a problem i just think it would be a better thread title, more musical

what did sprouts ever do to you besides fill your mouth with crunchy freshness

ruined way too many sandwiches

RIP

sprouts filled my mouth with sprouts, is the problem

you guys are miserable

the only way i would accept them would be on some sort of 90s nostalgia vegetarian sandwich with veggie paté, hummus, cucumber and stuff

lol 90s nostalgia

those still happen a lot

seriously sprouts on a sandwich are awful

im only miserable when im forced to eat sprouts

i had no idea that deliciousness could go out of fashion

OMG veggie pate steamed with hummus and bean sprouts NOM NOM NOM

yeah seriously dude hummus + cucumber + grated carrot + sprouts + etc is like all-time yoga flame for all time, i feel sorry for you

sprouts in a sandwich? did we lose a war??

sprouts have a weird texture--it's like you're chewing a sandwich, everything's copacetic and then all of a sudden BAM you hit the sprouts and suddenly you're a cow chewing grass

yeah try a little texture once in a while you might learn something damn

FOR ALL TIME

exactly - they're fine on their own but in a sandwich, you're doing it wrong

lol guys, this isn't a black and white issue

hummus, cucumbers and sprouts are all OK. we just have to remember, there's a time and a place

why not wear a hair shirt - try a little texture once in a while

OMG veggie pate steamed with hummus and bean sprouts NOM NOM NOM

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, March 9, 2009 10:46 AM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wrapped in a whole-wheat organic tortilla drooooooooooool

sprouts in a sandwich? did we lose a war??

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, March 9, 2009 11:47 AM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

loooooool

^

i like sprouts just fine on a salad

lol hair shirt

i think you guys might have had a bad experience once or twice with some slimy sprouts, it's bad news when it happens but you're playing yourself if you let that get to you

The logic of the setlist

face it tracer you're losing the PR war on this one

why not have a porridge sandwich, that sounds like something you guys would like

i am cool with sprouts tho. you get a couple in my local's sunday roast.

sunday roast sandwich amirite

try some radish sprouts, that shit'll zongg ya

would you put sprouts in a BLT?

NO, now that is wrong

are we talking about putting this shit
http://www.ayushveda.com/womens-magazine/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/beansprout.jpg
on a sandwich???!

Bacon Lettuce And Porridge

what is your favourite sandwich from the '90s?

italian sub (salami ham lettuce tomato mayo on a hoagie)

DAMN

ah, the brussels vs bean sprouts thing has only just become apparent.

no mayo on my italians--also i like mine w/ cappicola instead of ham and w/ mortadella

the other god one was experienced in amsterdam and was called the loony bun - various german/italian salami-style meats, lettuce, butttloads of chopped up chilis. great!

oh and i forgot the cheeese on my 90s italian -- i think it was provolone?

salami and peppers = a+++

yuppie scum putting carrot on sndwchs need to gtfo

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AUh8mrS3L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

tasting like grass is what makes sprouts so delicious on a sandwich
i am here to stand up for sprouts

u would need a guidebook

xpost

BLT + goat cheese = #1 BLT of all time (bacon on BLT must be crispy btw, and don't go and ruin it with sprouts)

now there's a fuckin idea -- u mean like instead of mayo, right?

correct

its incredible, invented by my girlfriend

really blowing my mind right now.

also BLT with bbq mayo

^ ew

I like a BLT with basil substituted for the lettuce (thus BBT) and garlic aioli instead of jarred mayo.

blt w/ yoghurt instead of mayo is still the joy of my meat-eatin' days.

I am down with sprouts on (some) sandwiches -- it's a nice way of getting yr whole cold/crisp/green/watery thing happening without having, say, a whole leaf of lettuce that's gonna start pulling out and destabilizing the sandwich midway through!

Apparently I like sandwiches that are existentially stuck between mostly being BLTs and mostly being something else, like the aforementioned grilled-cheeses and especially the, umm, BFELT (bacon, fried egg, lettuce, tomato) with plenty of Tobasco

@ zaitzeff getting a blat rite now

tAbasco

More like tabIsco

Am big fan of grilled chz w/ bacon and apple slices and hummus spread over the top, but that's not rly a BLT at all.

Re BLTs, you guys made me have the salad approximation for lunch right now. Note: Must incl avocado.

i was with you until the hummus

^^^ altho i have reservations i think the type of cheese is pivotal

Sharp, sharp cheddar. Sliced apple, bacon, under the broiler. Remove, and spread w hummus.

hummus what are you some kind of community organizer

says Captain Sprout

...

i love hummus but if i put everything i loved in my blts id be chowing down on my cat and my zodiac bluray

sprouts are great but the proper way to eat them is in a field, without using your hands.

are tracer hand's domestics feeding you?

goin' down on Mother Earth

If you replace the lettuce with spinach and add a fried egg you get the BEST sandwich harhar! It is a very good sandwich though.

This one place here has a BLT that is actually a BLTLT with like six pieces of bacon. It looks like a Scooby doo sandwich.

might go buy some bacon so i can make my self a dam sandwich

BLAP = Bacon, lettuce, Avacado, ?

― ⓔⓥⓞⓞ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, March 9, 2009 11:22 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

peppers OTM. maybe like some jalepenos

― ⓔⓥⓞⓞ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, March 9, 2009 11:29 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

P is for Pineapple! Haven't tried it in conjunction with Avacado, but Bacon, Lettuce and a Pineapple ring is a very tasty sandwich.